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Bisphenol A is recognised by ECHA for its endocrine-disrupting properties, based on a proposal by France

In February 2017, ANSES submitted a proposal to the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) to classify bisphenol A (BPA) as a substance of very high...

Food supplements and pregnancy: ANSES warns against combining multiple sources of vitamins and minerals, in the absence of an identified need

Under the national nutrivigilance scheme, overseen by ANSES, cases of neonatal hypercalcaemia and congenital hypothyroidism involving food...

ANSES recommends pursuing efforts to improve ambient air quality

Knowledge of the health and environmental effects of pollution of ambient air by chemicals has been well established for some years now. Since...

ANSES’s European Union Reference Laboratory mandate for Equine Diseases renewed for five years

ANSES has been the European Union Reference Laboratory (EURL) for equine diseases since 2008. The European Union recently decided to renew the...

ANSES facilitates the reporting of adverse reactions to plant protection products

The Act on the future of agriculture, food and forestry of 13 October 2014 entrusted ANSES with establishing a phytopharmacovigilance scheme. Its...

ANSES issues recommendations to reduce foodstuff contamination by mineral oils

Mineral oils (mineral oil hydrocarbons - MOHs) are complex mixtures derived from crude oil consisting of mineral oil saturated hydrocarbons...

Exposure to emissions from Sargassum seaweed washed up on the shore: ANSES reiterates its recommendations and adds to them

In 2015 ANSES was asked to conduct an expert assessment on gaseous fumes emitted by decaying Sargassum seaweed. In March 2016, the Agency...

Veterinary pharmacovigilance: ANSES facilitates on-line reporting of adverse effects

The French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES) today launches a new version of its on-line declaration website...